Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Penny - De Carle, E and Co Melbourne & Plenty, Victoria
| Issuer | E. De Carle & Co., Melbourne & Plenty, Victoria |
|---|---|
| Year | 1853 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 1 Penny (1⁄240) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | The obverse is entirely typographic, bearing no pictorial device. The central field displays the legend GROCERS & SPIRIT MERCHANTS in three lines of raised capital letters. A circular peripheral legend, separated from the central text by a beaded inner border, reads E. DE. CARLE & CO. at the top and MELBOURNE & PLENTY VICTORIA at the bottom, with small stops as separators. The coin is enclosed by a plain outer rim with a continuous beaded border. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts the seated figure of Britannia facing left, rendered in the classical allegorical style. She extends her right arm forward holding an olive branch, while her left hand rests upon a trident held upright behind her. A large spoked wheel is visible at her side, and a small sailing vessel appears in the left field near the horizon line. The circular legend BRITANNIA arcs across the upper field, and the whole design is enclosed within a continuous beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |